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Unread 11-24-2010, 08:21 AM
Roger Slater Roger Slater is offline
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TWEETS TO KEATS

Mr. Keats, you are confused.
I'm glad you like my song,
And yet the premise of your poem
Is simply, flat-out wrong.

We nightingales live just two years.
Your jealousy's misplaced.
While human beings feast on life,
We birds have just a taste.

So even if you get TB
And die at twenty-five,
Don't be envious of me:
I will not be alive.

Last edited by Roger Slater; 11-24-2010 at 12:52 PM.
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